Here is my revised LDD Tiger I model. It is built to minifig scale. I changed the road wheels, the hull design, and modified the turret, gun, and crew hatches. The information about the Tiger I is carried over from my original post but there are some new images. I hope you like the update! Check out my flickr page for larger pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/118702264@N05/sets/72157642094176164/. You can find html building instructions on my Etsy site: www.etsy.com/ca/shop/KurtsMOCs.

About this creation

The Tiger I was a heavy Wehrmacht tank, built in response to the Soviet's T-34 and KV-1. Here, you can see the revised hull design, main gun, and turret revisions.

It weighed in at 57 tons and was introduced in 1942. I revised the road wheels to better reflect the original design. Each wheel is a combination or a few lego parts rather than the single piece originally used.

Over 1,300 were built before the end of the war. I revised the front hull design to capture the angles of the front armour. While I was at it, I changed the machine gun port, the driver's visor, and the single headlight.

The Tiger I was the first tank to carry the impressive KwK 36 L/56 88mm gun. This devastating gun was extremely accurate due in part to its high muzzle velocity, very flat trajectory, and Leitz Turmzielfernrohr TZF 9b gun sight.

The Tiger I was notoriously over-engineered, making it expensive to produce and maintain. I adjusted the position of the turret forward and redesigned the profile of the main gun.

Although it was a significant design and technical achievement, its practicality in the field was less than ideal. The gun could always elevate but I improved its range of motion a bit.

The tank used a Maybach HL230 P45 V12 gasoline engine that was good for 690 hp and a top speed of 38 kph. The engine drove the front sprockets. I used some of the LDD flex tubes for the air filter hoses. Those are tricky things to manipulate in LDD!

The massive engine was a real fuel hog. Its size and track width made it difficult to transport. Roads, bridges, and trains had difficulty dealing with this massive machine. I cleaned up the top of the turret and revised the commanders hatch, making it simpler and providing a more accurate profile when closed.

The Tiger had frontal hull armour of 100m and frontal turret armour of 120mm. The armour plates were mostly flat but interlocked, which made it very resilient. Only very large calibre guns were able to breach its armour.

The Tiger I was designed as an offensive tank but the need for defensive strategies later in the war took the tank out of its natural element. The turret of the original model could rotate as well but I never captured that in my pictures.

I enjoyed going back and revising a few of the imperfections. This new Tiger I should hold me for a while. But who knows, I may begin to see things that need revising again in the near future. I welcome comments and suggestions!

You can find my original Tiger I model here: http://www.mocpages.com/moc.php/374244. Thanks to Wikipedia for the information and statistics.

Quoting D. P.
This model is simply perfect! I couldn't find a single flaw. Every detail is carefully taken care of and the road wheels are amazing. I would love to see this in some camo color and have it in real bricks :)

Thanks for your generous comments D.P. I think some of the improvements were long overdue. I'll see if I can get some various camo solutions together, perhaps I'll consider making it in real bricks too.

This model is simply perfect! I couldn't find a single flaw. Every detail is carefully taken care of and the road wheels are amazing. I would love to see this in some camo color and have it in real bricks :)

Quoting Alex Sonny
Nice, I see you figured out the roadwheel design like I have, this is really neat. I will also post revised models soon, I hope you can check them out. Overall, this is a really nice model.

Thanks for your cooments Alex. The road wheels on my original model worked but were not accurate. It too a bit of playing around to get it right. I look forward to your revisions as well!